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Telecommunication companies will disconnect more Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) numbers not linked to National Identification Numbers (NIN) on Friday, March 29, 2024, the Nigeria Communications Commission has said. The Director of…

The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, said on Monday that SIM cards previously linked to the National Identification Numbers, NIN, were barred because they were bad. It also explained that the job of using NIN to track…

Duplicated National Identification Numbers are responsible for the new wave of complaints from subscribers who have had their SIMs barred despite linking them to their NIN. This, according to the Nigerian Communications Commission,…

The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has temporarily suspended Front-End Partners from engaging in the National Identification Number (NIN) enrolments. This is because the commission is currently carrying out a…

Turns out, those pesky phone lines are playing hide-and-seek with Nigerian subscribers, thanks to a little game called "NIN or No Network." Apparently, linking your National Identification Number to your SIM card is like whispering your…

The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) will be utilised by the Federal Government to invest in the harmonisation of the nation's data, according to Interior Minister Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, who also noted that the country will…

Nigerians can now ask their commercial banks for a debit card that also serves as their national identity card without paying anything additional over and above the regular debit card fees. The National Identity Management…

Nigerians applying for passports will be charged N1000 in Nigeria for the verification of their National Identification Number (NIN). The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC)  disclosed this in a statement signed by its…

National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has on Tuesday, January 11 debunked claim of the country’s identity database being breached by hackers. Director-General of NIMC, Engr. Aliyu Aziz in a statement released on Tuesday January…

Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, has said the National Identification Number will enable the Federal Government and security agencies to know the identity of Internet users in the country. This is as he stated…

Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has proposed a fine of N200,000 for telecommunications companies that fail to verify and validate biometric, National Identity Number (NIN) and other personal information of subscribers. The…

Federal Government has approved the extension of the deadline for National Identity Number (NIN)-Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) data verification to October 31, 2021. This was contained in a statement jointly signed by Ikechukwu…

Federal Government has extended the deadline for linking Subscriber Identification Modules (SIM) with valid National Identity Numbers (NIN) by one month. It announced the extension on Friday in a joint statement issued in Abuja by the…

Federal Government has said as at April 1, 2021, over 51 million Nigerians have enrolled for National Identity Number (NIN) in the country. Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami, disclosed this on Thursday in…

Federal Government has extended the deadline of linkage of National Identity Number (NIN) to SIM cards by 8 weeks. It would be recalled that on December 15, Federal Government declared that after December 30, all SIMs that were not…